The Healthy Environment Group is a community group who believes based on the current science that chemical spraying should be minimized in the vicinity of; young children, sensitive at risk persons, near organically grown foods and aware or pregnant persons who choose not to be exposed as a matter of course by neighbours, Councils and State authorities.  The culture of spraying at will needs changing and we propose the following interim guidelines, standards and changes be adopted in a considerate aware community.

Concerns for Private Properties
Council to advise neighbours within a specified distance of 1 km of notification need for:
• 3 days (72 hours) notice minimum to be given to a sensitive neighbour
• Date and times of any proposed spraying to be specified
• Poisons to be used to be specified
• New notice to be given if weather or other factors prevents spraying
• Stop spraying if wind blowing in direction towards sensitive neighbours property
• No pressure spraying in vicinity
• No more than 1 day of hand spraying from all sources to be permitted in any week (7 Days)
• No more than 3 days cumulative in any calendar month, or 4 days per year from any one source
• No more spraying on public road reserves or on frontages to roads
• Spraying within 300m of a residence including adjoining fence lines to be by prior agreement only
• Where it has been shown previous neighbour spraying has caused medical consequences all spraying by agreement only
• Owners to be reminded that they are legally liable for the actions of their contactors
• That contactors must be specifically licensed under the QLD Environmental Protection Act
• Neighbour to be fined for using Grazon and all 2,4 d containing products without a permit

Follow us on Twitter for updates on pesticide spraying active in the MBRC area.

If you see pesticide spraying in action put it on Twitter and we will retweet you to everyone.